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http://www.onthemedia.org/story/hunter-moores-indictment-yesterday-was-hacking-not-revenge-porn/#comment493003> it was originally written in 1986, before Congress or the public at large had a good understanding of networked computers
OTM, do you really mean to suggest that Congress understands networks now?
Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:29:54 -0500http://www.onthemedia.org/story/hunter-moores-indictment-yesterday-was-hacking-not-revenge-porn/#comment493003NoneComment #492963 on Hunter Moore's Indictment Yesterday Was For Hacking, Not For Revenge Porn
http://www.onthemedia.org/story/hunter-moores-indictment-yesterday-was-hacking-not-revenge-porn/#comment492963Distributed denial of service attacks have been used for criminal purposes for a long time now. Companies get DDOS'ed for an hour, and then they get an email that they will be down for days or weeks unless they pay up. The New Yorker had a fascinating article on this several years ago (2005ish?). Like viruses, DOS attacks long ago crossed over from crazy experiment to criminal enterprise.
Also, DDOS attacks are usually caused by an individual (with a botnet). One of the earliest DDOS warnings was from security researcher Steve Gibson, who tracked down his persecutor (a 14-year-old "script kiddie") and interviewed him; basically, it was done for the lulz. There might be a few attacks that have higher motives, but very few deserve being compared to a sit-in.
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:24:30 -0500http://www.onthemedia.org/story/hunter-moores-indictment-yesterday-was-hacking-not-revenge-porn/#comment492963NoneComment #492923 on Hunter Moore's Indictment Yesterday Was For Hacking, Not For Revenge Porn
http://www.onthemedia.org/story/hunter-moores-indictment-yesterday-was-hacking-not-revenge-porn/#comment492923At least they're indicting him for something. They arrested Al Capone on tax evasion charges because they were the only charges the government could make stick, after all.
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:30:36 -0500http://www.onthemedia.org/story/hunter-moores-indictment-yesterday-was-hacking-not-revenge-porn/#comment492923None